DU is a good place to ask this: how many people here believe they have encountered a ghost?

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61. The John Cleves video popped up on my YouTube feed

a few months ago so I watched it. Fascinating and thought provoking. Worth the time to watch it.

A few years ago, my aunt by marriage did some extensive genealogy research on her husband's family (and therefore mine). She put it into a self published book for our very large extended family and included family stories along with factual data.

There was a story about my paternal grandmother that I had not heard before. Not something that people were willing to talk openly about, I guess. My grandparents had a farm in a very isolated rural area. Grandma gave birth to 9 children and all but the youngest one were born at home, attended by a midwife named Grace who was also a good family friend. Like a lot of rural people back then, they never locked their doors. Friends and relatives felt free to knock and enter when they stopped by for a visit.

One afternoon Grace dropped by to see grandma when she was in the house alone. Grandma said, "I didn't hear you come in. Have a seat and I'll put on some coffee for us." Grandma told Grace about family news while setting up the coffee pot on the stove (before electric coffee makers). When she finished and turned back toward Grace, grandma saw her smiling silently while fading away and disappearing. The next day she learned that Grace had passed away in the afternoon at the time when grandma saw her.